Combination hair curling instrument



May 21, 1935. D. E. HARMON COMBINATION HAIR CURLING' INSTRUMENT Filed Oct. 16, 1933 INI ENTOR. -E HHRMUN ATTORNEY Patented May 21, 1935 e V UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE COMBINATION HAIR, CURLING INSTRUMENT.

, Dewey E. Harmon, Dallas Center, Iowa Application October 16', 1933, Serial No..fi.9 3,766

' 6 Claims. (01.132-33) The principal object of my invention is to proquired separate forms for each style of curl devide a compact, easily and quickly operated hair sired or else a separatecroquignole form spaced V curling instrument that willaccommodate any apart from and parallel to the spiral form and length of hair and provide any desired ratio of rotatably mounted on ears or lugs extending out croquignole to spiral. m from the spiral form. 1 i a A A further object of this invention is to provide Such cumbersome devices for producing a a hair curler that makes possible the simultanecombination spiral curland croquignole curl are ous. tightening of the spiral and croquignole highly inefiicient and objectionable in that a thereon and will not allow the accidental uridead or uncurled portion in the hair exists be 10 winding of spiral or croquignole. V a tween the spiral curl and the croquignole curl. 10

p A still further object oi my invention is to pro- Furthermore, such devices. are objectionable in vide a hair curling device that when once a curl that they do not eliminate humps or bulges in of hair is tightened in position on the same; rethe wound hair and the treating pads or sachets quires no further attention or manipulation to cannot successfully contact and properly cover hold the curl or spiral in place. V I the hair to be treated. My: device overcomes 15 A still further object oithis invention is to such disadvantages.besides b in Capable of provide a combination hair curler that eliminates commodating various lengths of hair and curlbulges, humps,- and the like between the spiral ing the hair successfully and tightly adjacent and 'croquignole and thereby allows the well the scalp known sachet or pad used in setting the curl, to Referring to the drawing, I have used the nu- 20 successfully and completely cover and be in meral 0 t d si nate an p rat d wh h proper contact with. the hair. passesthrough the longitudinal center of my de- A still further object ofthis invention is to vic The num ral ll d signat s a manuall i provide a combinationcurling device for croqui- Gra d u d handle member permanently 25, gnole andspiral work that is economical in manu- Cured 150 h pp r end of the T061 W d the facture, durable in use, and efiicient in operation. melalr l2 d gn a fl d p member rigidly These and other objects will be apparentto secured to the lower end of the rod [0. Rotatthose skilled in the art. ably embracing'the rod I0 is a hollow tube 3.

My invention consists in the construction, ar- This tube l3 has ts upp end rotatably mount rangement and combination of the: various parts ed in a recess formed'in the lower end of the 30 of the device, whereby the objects contemplated handle member I I and is held in place at its are attained as hereinafter more fully set, forth, other end by a plurality of lugs l4 formed on 1 pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the the tip member I2. The numeral [5" designates accompanying drawing, in which: aratchet spring having one of its ends perma-- Fig. 1 isan enlarged side view of my device nently secured to the handle member H and 35 ready for use. H H its other end bent outwardly a slight distance .Fig. 2v is an enlarged cross-sectional view of and yieldingly resting against the inside surface my hair curler taken online 2-2. of Fig, '1. of =the tube- I3. This spring allows the tube l3: Fig. 3 is anenlarged cross-sectional view of the and the rod- In to rotate only in. one direction 40. device takenfon line 33 of Fig. 1. relative'to each other. I haveused the numeral 40 Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of a portion of I6 to desig e a, v v inside the spiral form with the croquignole form tube ameter greater than the outside diameter of the broken away, showing the ratchet spring; tube l3" and of a length less than the length of Fig.5 is. an enlarged cross sect'ional view of the the tube [3 and-rotatablyand slidablymounted croquignole form, showing the hair-retaining thereon. 45 finger.- The numeral 11 designates a ratchet spring Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the manually having one end rigidly secured to the inside of operated hair-retaining clamp. the tube I3 and its other end bent outwardly In the art of curling or permanently waving and extending throughaslotl8 cut in thetube 50. hair it is generally the practice to Windthe hair [3- to rest-against the inside surface of the sleeve 1 around a form from the scalp out, in what is I6, as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig.4. This spring I! known as a spiral curl and then wind the hair is coiled in a direction the same as the direcfrom the ends in toward the scalp for a substantion of coil of the spring l5. By this constructial distance to produce what is known as a tion it will be seen that the spring I! permits the croquignole curl. Previously,this operation resleeve IE to be freely turned in one direction, 55

but when an attempt is made to turn the sleeve in the opposite direction the end of this spring will dig into the inside wall of the sleeve and prevent its rotation in that direction. In the drawing I have shown the springs so coiled that the sleeve l6 may be turned to the left and the handle member ll rotated to the right relative to the tube l3.

The numeral l8 designates an elongated hairretaining finger hinged at its rear end to the end portion of the sleeve it that extends toward the handle member II, as shown in Fig. l. finger i9 is curved transversely to its length in order to conform to the curvature of the circumference of the sleeve Hi. The numeral 29 designates a manually operated hair-retaininglows:

The lock of hair to be curled is tied in the usual manner by a string adjacent the scalp. My hair curling instrument is then placed so that the forked member l2 engages the string and is permanently secured thereby to thehair at this point. The lock of hair is then manually wound to the leftaround the tube l3 a substantial distance for producing a spiral curl. The amount of hair wound around the tube 93, which may be considered the spiral curl form, will naturally be relative to the length of the spiral curl desired. The hair thus far wound around the tube i3 is held for the time being in such condition by the small clamp 25.

Next, theektreme end of the lock of hair is placed under the-hair-retaining finger i9 and the sleeve I6 is rotated to the left, thereby successfully Winding the end portion of the lock of hair around the sleeve 85 with the extreme ends of the hair being curled first. The hair thus Wound on the sleeve it when finished will be what is known in the'art as a croquignole and its length will be dependent upon the amount of hair wound on the sleeve 85, which may be considered the croquignole curl form. With all of i the hair now wound on the instrument the clamp tion places the croquignole curl tightly against the spiral curl of the lock of hair and by rotating the handle member M in an opposite direction to the sleeve i6 or to the right the lock of hair will be stretched tightly around the tube i3 and sleeve E6 in which condition it is ready for treatment by sachet, pad, or like.

From the foregoing, it will readily be seen that the hair wound around the tube it will result in a spiral curl and the hair wound about the sleeve it which is spiraled at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the center of the spiral curl, will result in what is known in the art as a croquignole. By winding the hair on a single elongated instrument such as I have described and which permits the tightening of the hair from both ends, the hair when its treatment has been completed, has no straight portions,-humps, or kinks between the spiral curl and the cr oquignole curl.

l\/ly device also permits the hair to be tightly curlednear the scalp and may be successfully operated without change on any length of hair.

With the hair properly and evenly wrapped around my single elongated instrument it may be successfully, uniformly, and evenly contacted by the treating pads, thereby resulting in a hairdress free from irregularities.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my improved combination hair curling instrument without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a hair curling instrument, a hollow tube, a rodrotatably mounted in said tube, a means for preventing the rotation of said rod in one direction relative to said tube, a sleeve rotatably and slidably mounted on said tube, a means for restriction of rotation of said sleeve in one direction, a means to facilitate the securement of hair to said rod, a means for securement of hair to said tube at times, and a means for securing hair to said second-mentioned tube.

2. In a hair curling instrument, an operating rod having a handle member formed on one end, a means secured to the other end of said rod for facilitating the attachment thereto of a lock of hair, a tube rotatably embracing said operating rod, a means for holding said tube in longitudinal restriction relative to said operating rod, a means for preventing the rotation of said rod in said tube in one direction, and a sleeve rotatably and slidably mounted on said tube.

3. In a hair curling instrument, a tube member, a rod rotatably mounted in and extending through said tube member, a handle member on one end of said rod, a securing element on the other end 'of said rod, a sleeve member slidably and rotatably mounted on said tube member, and a hair engaging member hingedly secured at one end to said sleeve member.

4. In a hair curling instrument, a tube member, a rod rotatably mounted in said tube member, a ratchet spring for limiting, the rotation of said rod to one direction relative to said tube member, a sleeve member rotatably and slidably mounted on said tube member, and a ratchet spring for limiting the rotation of said sleeve member to one direction relative to said tube member. e e

5. In a hair curling instrument, a tube member, a rod rotatably mounted in said tube member, a ratchet spring for limiting the rotation of said rod to one direction relative to said tube member, a sleeve member rotatably and slidably mounted on said tube member, a ratchet spring for limiting the rotation of said sleeve member to one direction relative to said tube member, a handle portion on one end of said rod, and a forked portion on the other end of said rod.

6. In a hair curling instrument, a tube member, a rod rotatably mounted in and extending through said tube member, a securing element on one end of said rod, a sleeve member slidably and rotatably mounted on said tube member, and a hair engaging member hingedly secured to said sleeve member.

DEWEY E. HABMON. 

